There are German songs which can make a stranger to the language cry.

If you have no will to change it, you have no right to criticize it.

There isn't anything so grotesque or so incredible that the average human being can't believe it.

There is no salvation for us but to adopt Civilization and lift ourselves down to its level.

As soon as a man recognizes that he has drifted into age, he gets reminiscent. He wants to talk and talk; and not about the present or the future, but about his old times. For there is where the pathos of his life lies - and the charm of it. The pathos of it is there because it was opulent with treasures that are gone, and the charm of it is in casting them up from the musty ledgers and remembering how rich and gracious they were.

The church is always trying to get other people to reform, it might not be a bad idea to reform itself a little, by way of example

The miracle or the power that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application and perseverance under the promptings of a brave, determined spirit.